Delivery mechanism



Jan 10, 1928.

1,655,804 A. Mi ZUCKERMAN DELIVERY MECHANISM Filed 001:. 2, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l M HNVENTB.

Patented; can. 10, 1928. 1,655,804

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

ADOLPH M. zuoxERM N, o E NEW YoE N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO R. HOE AND 00., me, or NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEw YORK.

DELIVERY MECHANISM. ap lic tion filed October 2, 1923. Serial ltd-686,080.

This invention relates to certain improveing the step-by-step deliveries which are now 55 ments in delivery mechanisms for delivering in use. folded products in piles, and particularly With these and other objects not specifisuch class of mechanisms where the piled cally referred to the invention consists in products arecounted. certain novel parts, arrangements and com- In deliveries of this type the folded prodbinations which will bedescribed in connecnets are deposited by the folding mechation with the accompanying drawings and nism on the pile" receiver whichis usually in the novel features thereof pointed out in the the form of a traveling carrier provided with claims hereunto appended. 10 pockets, this carrier being given, by appro- In the drawingswhich show the prepriate mechanism an intermittent step-by ferred embodiment of the invention 65 step movement. the carrier being moved Figure 1 is an end elevation, partlyin secahead a pocket length after a predetermined tion, with the frame partly broken away, of number of products have been deposited in so much of a. delivery as is necessary for the pockets. With this classof delivery vatheunderstanding of the invention;

nous difiiculties have'been experienced, for Figure 2 is a similar view showing the 70 instance, to get an accurate piling of the parts in a different position; products. particularly when the signatures Figure-3 is a plan view takenon the line are comparatively small, the distance be- 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of tween the pocket and the point at which the the arrow; and,

products'are released from the folding cyl- Figure 4 is'a detail sectional view of one 76 inder should not be very great, as otherwise form of a ratchet mechanism which may be the products tend to turn in all directions employed for effecting a movement of the and do not pile in an orderly manner. carrier.

Again, in the ca e of fairly thick products, Referring now to these drawings Such as, for instance, a magazine, the prod- The various parts of the mechanism are 80 not when released from the folding cylinder or may be'supported in side frames 1. 1, of tends to open up at the fold and so. when any usual or desired configuration. In the the product is dropped into the pocket it particular machine chosen to illustrate theinwill take up too much of the height of the vention, the products indicated by P are forpocket. that is, eight or ten products will 00- Warded from a printing machine not shown, cupy the space designed for say twe-ntyto a pair of folding cylinders 2. 3, and are five, and as the pocket is filled. the following deposited by the folding cylinder 3 onto a products tend to drag or rub against the pile support. In the machine shown the 35 folding cylinder causing a smut on the top products are counted, a predetermined num sheet of the product or causing a choke in her of products being delivered on a supthe delivery. port and the particular support illustrated The present invention has for one of its is a traveling carrier provided with a pluobjects to provide a mechanism which will rality of product-receiving pockets, this car- 40 act to press down or flatten the folded back rier being given a step-by-step movement to of each successive product as the product is advance a pocket into receiving position deposited on the pile support so that the after a preceding pocket has had a predepredetermined number of products may be termined number of products deposited placed in the pile without danger of the top therein. As shown, this carrier includes a' 45 products being smutted or the delivery being pair of chains 4, 5. -These chains, at one choked. I end, pass over driving sprockets 6 mounted A further object of the invention is to on cross shaft 7 suitablysupported in the provide such a .mechanism which will also side frames 1, 1. of the machine, before react to position the books on the pile as they ferred to, the idler Sprockets at the other so are piled in the pocket. end of the chains not being shown. These Another object of the invention is to prochains carry a plurality of cross bars 8, duce such av construction which will be of these cross bars carrying belts or tapes 9, simple form and eflicient in operation and these belts or tapes being divided into pockwhioh may be employed without complicatets by fingers 10 carried by the beltsand bars, these pockets being capacitated to receive the desired number of products.

In accordance with the lnvcntion, mechanism is provided for pressing down or fiattening the folded back not as it is delivered from the folding cylinder into the pocket and, in the best constructions, these means 'will also act to assist in the positioning of the products 1n the pocket. While various devices may be employed for this purpose, in the particular construction illustrated, there is provided a plurality of stripper fingers 12, which act to strip the folded product from the fold ng cylinder 3, these stripper fingers bemg formed with curved ends 13 which are arranged to set into grooves let formed in the cylinder Wall. To afford a simple construction, these stripper fingers, are utilized for effecting the flattening or pressing down of the folded backs of the books. The fingers are, therefore, mountedto have a swlnging movement from the cylinder to the bottom of the pocket, the fingers being arranged to move between the pocket fingers 9 of the delivery carrier. WVhile various mechan sm may be employed for effecting this pressing movement of the fingers, in the particular construction illustrated, the fingers are car lied on a rock shaft 15 supported in brackets 16 in the side frames, before referred to. This shaft, at one end, has fast thereon a lever 17 to the ,arm of which is secured one end of a forked rod 18, the forked end 19 of this red taking over a driven shaft 20 suitably-journaled in the side frames 1, 1, before referred to. Fast on the shaft 20 is an operating cam 21 and the forked rod.

' 18 has secured thereto a cam roll 22 which "the stripper fingers runs on the cam 21 on the shaft 20. Also fast on the shaft 15, preferably at the end opposite the lever 17, is a lever 23 to one arm of which is secured a spring rod construction 24, this spring rod acting to keep the cam roll in operative position on the cam and to keep the stripper fingers 12 in the raised position shown in Fig. 1.

Located adjacent to the stripper fingers 12 is a plurality of stop fingers 25. these stop fingers being carried on a cross shaft 26 supported in the frames of the machine, before referred to, these.stop fingers preferf ably having curved ends 27 and assisting 12 in positioning the folded products in the pockets of the car rier. With this construction, as the cam roll 22 rides on the high part of the cam 21, through the rod 18 and lever 17, the shaft 15 is positively rocked and the stripper-fingers 12' given a quick downward slapping move ment which efiects a flattening or pressing down of the folded products which have been deposited in' the pocket, the parts being timed so that these stripper fingers are given their pressing movement as each prodor edge of each prodnot is stripped off by them and deposited in the pocket. The stripper fingers are, as shown in Fig. 2, of a sufficient lengtlrso as to bear a substantial distance inward from the folded edge of the product when they are in pressing position, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to effect a good flattening or pressing of the folded back of the product. These fingers, furthermore, act in conjunction with the guide fingers 25 to position the products in orderly piles in the pockets. It will be seen that with this construction a very simple and effective mechanism is provided for flattening the products and one which, as shown and described, adds but aminimum amount of mechanism to the delivery. This is particularly advantageous where two deliveries are'arranged close together.

Any suitable means may be employed for effecting an intermittent movement of the delivery carrier. In the particular construction illu'strat'ed the .driven shaft 20 is provided at one end with a gear 28 which meshes with a gear 29 supported on a hub 30 mounted in the side frame 1, before referred to. This gear has secured thereto one end of 'a link 31, the other end of this link being secured to one arm of a lever 32 journaled on a hub 33 ofa gear 34 mounted on a stud 35 suitably supported in the side frame 1,'before referred to: On the hub 33, adjacent the lever 32, is secured a ratchet Wheel 36 and adjacent the ratchet 36 1s a second slightly larger ratchet 37, this ratchet being loosely mounted on the stud 35. The operating teeth of the ratchet 37 are cut so that the bottom of the teeth are above the outside periphery of the ratchet 36. One or more of the teeth, as'for instance as shown at 38, of the ratchet 37, are

cut deeper than the others, the bottom ofv shown in Fig. 1. Co-operating with the ratchets is an operating pawl 39 pivotally mounted on the lever '32 and normally pressed into operating position by a spring 40, The operating face of the pawl is. as wide as both ratchet 36 and 37'and will pass over ratchet 36 except when it drops into the deep teeth 38 of ratchet 37, in which case, the. pawl will engage the ratchet 36 and thus operate to rotate the gear 34 and cause the carrier to advance a pocket length. The shaft 20 may be driven in any suitable manner, as by a gear 11 on the end of the shaft opposite the gear 2-8, before referred described in what is believed to be its best without departing from the invention as defined in the claims hereunto annexed.

What I claim is:

1. In a delivery, the combination with means for forwarding folded products, a traveling carrier provided with pile supports to which the products are delivered flatwise in piles, meansfor giving the carrier a horizontal movement away from the forwarding means, and means for pressing or flattening the folded backs of certain products on their fold lines after the products have been delivered on a pile, said pressing means acting on the same pile a number'of times durin the completion of the pile.

2. n a delivery, the combination with means for forwarding folded products, a traveling carrier provided with pile Supports on which the products are delivered in piles, means for effecting an intermittent fi movement of the carrier, and means for flattening or pressing down the folded backs of certain products on their fold lines after the products have been delivered 011 a pile, said pressing means acting on the same pile a number of times during the completion of the pile.

3. In a delivery, the combination with a folding cylinder, a traveling carrier provided with pile supports to which the prodnets are delivered in piles, means for inter- -mittently moving the carrier horizontally away from the cylinder, and means for flattening or pressing down the folded backs of certain products on their fold lines after they have been delivered on a pile, said pressing .means acting on the same pile a nlpmber of times during the completion of t e ilc.

t l'n a delivery, the combination with a folding cylinder, a traveling carrier provided with pile supports on which the folded products are assembled in piles, stripper fingers for stripping folded products from the cylinder, and means for forcing the fingets into pressing relation with the back of a product after it has been delivered on a pile support. I

5. In a delivery, the combination with a folding cylinder, a delivery mechanism to which folded products are delivered from the cylinder in piles, stripper fingers for stripping the product from-the cylinder, and means for operating the stripper fingers to press down or flatten the folded edge of each product after it is stripped from the cylinder.

6. In a delivery, the combination with a folding cylinder, a delivery mechanism to which folded products are delivered from the cylinder in piles, stripper fingers .for stripping the product from the cylinder, means for operating the stripper fingers to press down or flatten the folded edge of each product after it is stripped from the cylinder, and guide fingers arranged adjacent the stripping fingers.

7. In a delivery, the combination with a folding cylinder, a delivery mechanism having a horizontal movement away from the cylinder to which folded products are de livered from the cylinder in piles, stripper fingers for stripping the products'from the cylinder, means for normally holding the ngers in stripping position, and means for rocking the fingers to press or flatten out the folded backs of certain products on their fold lines after they have been stripped from the cylinder and delivered to a pile.

8. In a delivery, the combination with means for forwarding products, meansfor delivering'the products flatwise in piles with a horizontal movement wardingmeans, and means engaging a product on its fold line for pressing out or flattening the product after it has been delivered on the pile, said pressing means'acting on the same pile a number of times during the completion of the pile.

9. In a delivery, the combination with a folding cylinder, a travelling carrier provided with a pile support on which the products are assembled flatwise in piles, strippers for stripping folded products from the cylindcr, and means for forcing the strippers into pressing relation with certain products, on their fold lines after they have been delivered on the pile support.

10. In a delivery, the combination with means for forwardin folded products, means for delivering t e products flatwise in piles, and means for striking certain products on their fold. lines after they have been delivered on a pile for flattening the prod ucts, said pressing means acting on the same pile a number of times tion of the pile.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. a

' ADOLPH M. ZUCKERMAN.

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